Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Temple_of_Tenochtitlan
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cathedral
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Templo_Mayor
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Moctezuma_II
gptkb:Hernán_Cortés
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Aztecs
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1325
gptkbp:contains gptkb:sculpture
gptkb:monolith_of_Coyolxauhqui
offerings
gptkbp:country gptkb:Mexico
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Huitzilopochtli
gptkb:Tlaloc
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Spanish_conquistadors
1521
gptkbp:excavatedBy 1978
Mexican archaeologists
gptkbp:features twin staircases
two shrines at the top
gptkbp:function religious ceremonies
political center
site of human sacrifice
gptkbp:height about 60 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Mexico_City
gptkb:Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:material gptkb:stone
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Templo_Mayor_Museum
gptkbp:partOf Aztec capital
gptkbp:significance religious center of the Aztec Empire
gptkbp:status ruins
gptkbp:symbolizes gptkb:axis_mundi
gptkb:Aztec_cosmology
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Historic_Centre_of_Mexico_City_and_Xochimilco
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quetzalcoatl
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5